Did only half the people see what he was doing? no, everyone Did only half consider it funny? yes, explore Was what he was doing inappropriate? no, everyone else could do it and it would not be inappropriate Is he H/A/M? yes

How many people are present? Just 2 (him and one other person)? A few? 10s? 100s? more? the exact amount isn't relevant, but everyone must be able to see what he did, so let's say anywhere between 4 - 30 people

Were the females: Annoyed? Disgusted? Embarrassed? Just not amused? Did he intend to be funny? Was it funny because of his: Age? Size? Weight? Social standing? Role in the group (such as a host)? Handicap? Skill?

Were they in a... House? Public Place? Shop? School? Office? Hospital? Stadium?

Did he do the same as the people present? Were the people present an audience? Is the mans occupation relevant? If he was female would this have happened? Are the people present HAM and HAF? Are they exactly divided into male and female?

Are they at some event? A concert? Sporting event? Acting/singing involved?

Any particular reason why the era is in modern times? Is some new invention relevant? Some new structure? Some new rule?

Were the females: Annoyed? maybe some of them Disgusted? no Embarrassed? no Just not amused? noDid he intend to be funny? noWas it funny because of his: Age? Size? Weight? Social standing? Role in the group (such as a host)? Handicap? Skill? partly age, also social standing, others no

Were they in a... House? Public Place? Shop? School? Office? Hospital? Stadium? house

Did he do the same as the people present? yes, but not 100% the sameWere the people present an audience? noIs the mans occupation relevant? no If he was female would this have happened? noAre the people present HAM and HAF? yesAre they exactly divided into male and female? exact division is not relevant, but let's assume yes

Are they at some event? yes, according to the dictionary.com definition of event A concert? no Sporting event? no Acting/singing involved? singing is relevant-ish

Any particular reason why the era is in modern times? yes - certain technology must existIs some new invention relevant? noSome new structure? noSome new rule? no

Is he: older? Younger? Is his social status above the others? Below? Or can it not be defined in this way? Heritage/skin color relevant? Native language? Did they laugh because he didn't do it 100% the same? Was not doing ir right caused by: physical inability? Lack of knowledge? Lack of skill? Misunderstanding?

Is he: older? Younger? irrelevant Is his social status above the others? no Below? you could say below after what he did Or can it not be defined in this way? it can be, but it's not 100% the reason for them laughing and also not everyone would say that's the reason it's funny

Heritage/skin color relevant? Native language? Did they laugh because he didn't do it 100% the same? no to all

Was not doing ir right caused by: physical inability? Lack of knowledge? Lack of skill? Misunderstanding? no to all + you made an assumption here that's not true

Was he expected not to do it? it=do what the others did: everyone was allowed to do it, no expectations about doing it or not were present Did it make him seem foolish? Ignorant? Arrogant? Sexist? no to all, foolish is the closest

Did he do it after the others? irrelevant And something relevant happened between the other's actions and his? no, that wouldn't have influenced anything

Was it a competition? A contest? Whose house was it? The man's house? Those people who had acted previously? The crowd? Was the crowd an audience? Did they pay to get in? Are they just random people? Do they know each other?

Was it a competition? A contest? Whose house was it? The man's house? Those people who had acted previously? The crowd? Was the crowd an audience? Did they pay to get in? no to all or irrelevantAre they just random people? no, many know each other Do they know each other? many know each other

Did they play a party game? no go through some sort of ceremony? noHis doing the same came out different - did it look different? sound different? sound different, but from what? explore

Did the people somehow emit a sound? he as well? but his sound was different? The sound didn't come from the people's mouths? Did the sounds emit from any parts of their bodies? From their behinds? Or did the sounds come from something the people had?

Did the people somehow emit a sound? he as well? \b {you could say so} but his sound was different? \b {yes} The sound didn't come from the people's mouths? no Did the sounds emit from any parts of their bodies? no to all From their behinds? Or did the sounds come from something the people had?\b {yes}

Did everyone else make the same sound as one another? \b {no} Or did they all make a different sound according to some rule or pattern (such as everyone make the sound of your favorite animal)? \b {no rules or patterns}

Was the sound made spontaneously by everyone? \b {not completely spontaneous} Or was it planned? \b {no-with a tiny and irrelevant ish}

Did the people somehow emit a sound? he as well? you could say so but his sound was different? yesThe sound didn't come from the people's mouths? no Did the sounds emit from any parts of their bodies? no to all From their behinds? Or did the sounds come from something the people had? yes

Did everyone else make the same sound as one another? no Or did they all make a different sound according to some rule or pattern (such as everyone make the sound of your favorite animal)? no rules or patterns

Was the sound made spontaneously by everyone? not completely spontaneous Or was it planned? no-with a tiny and irrelevant ish

Were they at a meeting? A gathering? A club? A party? Did everybody have this "something" (the something that emitted the sound)? Was the "sound" music? Some alert? A recording? So they were in a house. Was the house a famous house? Was the person who owned it well-known? It's location relevant? Type of house relevant (terrace; flat)? Was the house owned by the man? By one of the members of the group? By all of the group? Are all members of the group equal? Are all members of the group and the man equal? Were thy equal before this incident? Did the man know why they were laughing? Did he find it funny too? Did the women find it funny? Did they know why the men were laughing?

Were they at a meeting? A gathering? A club? A party? partyDid everybody have this "something" (the something that emitted the sound)? noWas the "sound" music? Some alert? A recording? musicSo they were in a house. yesWas the house a famous house? Was the person who owned it well-known? It's location relevant? Type of house relevant (terrace; flat)? Was the house owned by the man? all irrelevantBy one of the members of the group? yesBy all of the group? irrelevant, it was owned by at least one of the people present. It was a house partyAre all members of the group equal? yesAre all members of the group and the man equal? yesWere thy equal before this incident? yesDid the man know why they were laughing? yesDid he find it funny too? no, but he wasn't upset about the laughingDid the women find it funny? noDid they know why the men were laughing? everyone knew why the men were laughing

Did the music come from: a phone? some computer? An mp3 player? A CD player? Was the music even coming from an object? Was it electronic? Powered by batteries? Did you have to plug it in? Did everyone have this object? Was it in their pockets when it emitted sound? Did they make it emit sound (by pushing a button etc.) or did it come on automatically? Did someone else activate this sound? Something else? Were the people surprised when the sound was emitted? Were they given these objects at the party? Was the man laughed at because of the music he emitted? Or because of the timing of when it came out? Was the music a song? Or an instrumental? Am I OTRT or am I completely off?

Did the music come from: a phone? some computer? An mp3 player? A CD player? computer, but CD player would have worked too

Was the music even coming from an object? Was it electronic? Powered by batteries? Did you have to plug it in? Did everyone have this object? Was it in their pockets when it emitted sound? Did they make it emit sound (by pushing a button etc.) or did it come on automatically? it was a computer

Did someone else activate this sound? everyone could do so

Something else? no Were the people surprised when the sound was emitted? for the guy that was laughed at, yes Were they given these objects at the party? no

Was the man laughed at because of the music he emitted? YES Or because of the timing of when it came out? no Was the music a song? yes Or an instrumental? noAm I OTRT or am I completely off? OTRT

The women didn't laugh because: They knew beforehand what song was going to play, so it wasn't a surprise? The same concept that made the song funny for the men, was offensive to the women? Something else?

The women didn't laugh because: They knew beforehand what song was going to play, so it wasn't a surprise? noThe same concept that made the song funny for the men, was offensive to the women? noSomething else? yes

But anyway, I'll ask a few more: If it were a woman who had played the song that caused the laughter, would the other women, but not the men, have laughed? Did the women purposely not laugh because laughing would have implied something negative about them? or would they have had no reason to laugh at all?

"Really on the right track now"--though both guesses were wrong?? I meant that the questions were on the right track

But anyway, I'll ask a few more: If it were a woman who had played the song that caused the laughter, would the other women, but not the men, have laughed? no

Did the women purposely not laugh because laughing would have implied something negative about them? no or would they have had no reason to laugh at all? you can see this 2 ways: they had nothing to laugh about because they didn't think it was weird, or they did have something to laugh about because they did find it odd. What happened in this example is that they had nothing to laugh about because it wasn't funny for them, but a different group of women could have laughed

Had the men (and only them) heard the same song (the one that prompted the laughter) before, on a different but relevant occasion?

Just to make sure, so the women understood WHY the song was funny, but didn't FIND it funny themselves? Did they only know why it was funny in hindsight, after observing the men laugh? or would they have known it would be funny to the men even had they heard it before the men laughed?

Had the men (and only them) heard the same song (the one that prompted the laughter) before, on a different but relevant occasion? irrelevant

Just to make sure, so the women understood WHY the song was funny, but didn't FIND it funny themselves? technically speaking you have an FA in your question so I can't answer it, rephrase it please Did they only know why it was funny in hindsight, after observing the men laugh? no, it=what was funny or would they have known it would be funny to the men even had they heard it before the men laughed? yes, they would have seen the potential humor in it (it=the thing that was funny)

So the song in itself wasn't funny, right? Was the way he sung it funny? Did he make a mistake in the text? Did he have a foreign accent? Was his voice funny? Did he sound like a woman? Would it be funny if they only heard him and didn't see him? Was the humor in a mismatch between how he looked and how he sounded?

Was the way he sung it funny? FA Did he make a mistake in the text? FA Did he have a foreign accent? irrelevant Was his voice funny? irrelevant Did he sound like a woman? irrelevantWould it be funny if they only heard him and didn't see him? FA Was the humor in a mismatch between how he looked and how he sounded? FA

Did he do something with the sound controls that made it come out different? no Or did he choose the "wrong" track (wrong in his specific situation)? yope, mostly noThe lyrics of the song relevant? no Musical genre? no, almost, genre isn't the right word

Spice Girls? Does the song appear to describe him in some way? Belittle him? Sexual orientation relevant? Something he said relevant? something he did (except for choosing that song)? Would someone not knowing him also find it funny? How he looked relevant?

Spice Girls? no, Girls Aloud (the exact girl band isn't relevant)Does the song appear to describe him in some way? the song itself, no Belittle him? Sexual orientation relevant? Something he said relevant? something he did (except for choosing that song)? no to allWould someone not knowing him also find it funny? yes, but not all women How he looked relevant? no

I don't understand the answer "Yes, but not all women." Attempting to clarify.

The women who were there did not find it funny -- is that because they know him? Is it true that some women who do not know him would find it funny? Is it true that some women who do not know him would not find it funny? Is it true that no women would find it funny? Women who know him but were not present...would they find it funny?

I don't understand the answer "Yes, but not all women." Attempting to clarify. a better answer is then "yes, but not all women who exist would find it funny"

The women who were there did not find it funny -- is that because they know him? noIs it true that some women who do not know him would find it funny? whether you know him or not won't influence anyone finding it funnyIs it true that some women who do not know him would not find it funny? yesIs it true that no women would find it funny? noWomen who know him but were not present...would they find it funny? most wouldn't

Everyone picked a song they wanted to hear. He picked a song by a girl band. The men all laughed. The women didn't.

All correct?

Was he the only man who picked a girl band? Was picking the girl band out of character for him? For example, was he a weight lifter, football player, or other masculine athlete? Or was he generally into heavy metal or some other masculine music choice?

Was it the fact that he chose a girl band that was funny? Or the specific song he chose. For example, did he choose a song along the lines of "Girl Power," "men suck," or "I like boys"?

Would most women genuinely not find it funny and not realize why it was funny? Or would they understand why the men found it funny, but find it offensive/in bad taste? find it bad taste

Also, a recap:

Everyone picked a song they wanted to hear. He picked a song by a girl band. The men all laughed. The women didn't.

All correct? yes

Was he the only man who picked a girl band? yes Was picking the girl band out of character for him? For example, was he a weight lifter, football player, or other masculine athlete? Or was he generally into heavy metal or some other masculine music choice? it wasn't out of character if you mean if he was into manly things, so no

Was it the fact that he chose a girl band that was funny? yes, but that's not the only reason it was funny Or the specific song he chose. For example, did he choose a song along the lines of "Girl Power," "men suck," or "I like boys"? the song he chose was the other part that made it funny - but he didn't choose a girl-themed song

Is the word an adjective? yes If so, was it cutesy? Girlie? yes! That's it! Effeminate? Childish? no

This happened to me! I was at a party and everyone was playing their music. I chose "Long hot summer" by Girls Aloud, this is a girly/cutesy song. When the song started playing and it was clear what type of song it was, all men started laughing at me. The women however, they liked the song and they thought it was weird that the men laughed at me. So it was a good thing after all.

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